This is helpful. I do spend about 2 hours a day on ELA (Word Study, Writing and Reading), which I do not feel is enough. Math gets an hour. There are 20 minutes spent in transitions from homeroom to enrichments and end-of-day pack up. That leaves about 40 minutes a day for science or social studies. I was feeling guilty that I could not give sc/ss more time, but it is helpful to know someone else makes the same choice.
I do weave social studies literature into reading and writing whenever possible, but 4th grade is primarily map skills, so that is very difficult to weave into reading/writing. Thanks for letting me know I am not alone here. Andrea [email protected] wrote: >I teach 4th grade on Long Island, NY and find it impossible to teach it >"all". 4th grade is a huge testing grade - 4 standardized tests to >prepare the students for. Plus we have children rotating out of the room >for instrumental lessons, remedial reading, AIS math, speech, OT, PT, et. >The gaps are huge, but no one wants to listen. They just keep throwing more >and more curriculum at us. >I try to stick to ELA all morning (9-11:30 approximately). Math is after >lunch, then there's a prep period, and I then get to choose which subject >I want to cover in the 42 minutes left to me. Oh, and every 6 days, we >have chorus in those last 42 minutes. Social studies is easier for me to >cover, because I can very often integrate it into my ELA block also. >I don't know if this helps you at all, but I feel better having put this >out there. > >Myra Brand >4th grade >Plainview, NY > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Andrea Jenkins <[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:13 pm >Subject: [MOSAIC] Time, oh time >To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" ><[email protected]> > >> Friends: >> >> >> >> The topic of time is always a big one, and I apologize if this has >> been a >> repeated discussion here. In limited hours during our day, how do >> you find >> time to teach all subjects? About how much time do you spend on >> writingworkshop, reading workshop, social studies, science, word >> study, and math? >> >> >> >> Strategy instruction can so easily get lost if time is not >> dedicated to >> this. >> >> >> >> Administrators: how have you handled the time conflict? Do you >> emphasize, or >> put priority on one subject over another? If so, how is this handled? >> >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Andrea >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
